Commission preliminarily finds Meta in breach of Digital Services Act for failing to prevent minors under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook
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The European Commission has preliminarily found Meta\'s Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to diligently identify, assess and mitigate the risks of minors under 13 years old accessing their services.
  • acido@feddit.itEnglish
    241·
    11 days ago

    nothing a social media ban for <13 years old kids can’t solve, am I right?

  • PierceTheBubble@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    11 days ago

    This “problem” is nearly as old as the platform itself, as I can remember doing this as a child, when setting up my Hyves profile in the second half of the 2000’s; but no, now is the time to wake up… Right when there’s global efforts to “age” verify the internet, how coincidental…

  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    From the linked press release:

    For example, when creating an account, minors below 13 can enter a false birth date that makes them at least 13 years old, with no effective controls in place to check the correctness of the self-declared date of birth.

    Meta’s tool for reporting minors under 13 on the platform is difficult to use and not effective, requiring up to seven clicks just to access the reporting form, which is not automatically pre-filled with the user’s information. Even when a minor under 13 is reported for being under the age threshold, there often is no proper follow-up, and the reported minor can simply continue to use the service without any type of check.